BP
| Locations: | 51 MSAs |
| Associated names: | Moto, Euro Garages |
| Predecessors: | Esso, Shell, Total |
| Successors: | Esso, Gulf, Shell |
British Petroleum in the UK dates back to the 1960s and they consider themselves to be key leaders in helping the environment. BP are also the UK's largest trader of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
On the motorway, BP is very common and can be found at a variety of services across the network. They own the main lease at Burton-in-Kendal, Killington Lake and South Mimms, leasing the rest of each site to the operator.
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BP Connect
Full details: Corporate Sites
BP Express is BP's own-branding for the company's corporate sites, which includes the Heart of Scotland motorway service area. The brand BP Connect is used for some BP forecourt convenience stores, although many have been replaced by M&S Simply Food stores.
Wild Bean Café
Full details: Wild Bean Café
Most BP Express owned forecourts feature the Wild Bean Café, an own-brand restaurant selling snacks and coffee.
Motorway Operator
In the 1970s, BP were encouraged to bid to run entire motorway services. They bid unsuccessfully for Michaelwood in partnership with Shell, but did win Anderton and Killington Lake.
BP Truckstops
The brand 'BP Truckstops' was launched to promise "a new standard for truck drivers". It consisted of sites such as Barton Park and Alconbury, and later became Nightowl.
Motorway Locations
BP operate at many services. They are: [view on a map - Download KMLrefine search]
- Annandale Water (A74(M))
- Barton Park (A1(M))
- Birch (M62)
- Bridgwater (M5)
- Burton-in-Kendal (M6) (northbound only)
- Cardiff West (M4)
- Chieveley (M4/A34)
- Clacket Lane (M25)
- Doncaster (North) (M18/M180)
- Donington (M1/A43/A50)
- Exeter (M5)
- Ferrybridge (M62)
- Frankley (M5)
- Gretna (A74(M))
- Heart of Scotland (M8)
- Heston (M4)
- Hilton Park (M6)
- Killington Lake (M6) (southbound only)
- Kinross (M90)
- Knutsford (M6)
- Lancaster (M6)
- Leigh Delamere (M4)
- Leeming Bar (A1(M))
- Lymm (M6)
- Medway (M2)
- Michaelwood (M5)
- Northampton (M1/A43)
- Norton Canes (M6 Toll)
- Oxford (M40/A40)
- Pease Pottage (M23/A23)
- Reading (M4)
- Rivington (M61)
- Rownhams (M27)
- Sandbach (M6)
- Severn View (M48)
- South Mimms (M25/A1(M))
- Southwaite (M6)
- Stafford (M6) (northbound only)
- Stirling (M9/M80)
- Strensham (M5)
- Swansea (M4)
- Tiverton (M5)
- Toddington (M1)
- Todhills (M6) (southbound only)
- Trowell (M1)
- Warwick (M40)
- Washington (A1(M))
- Watford Gap (M1)
- Wetherby (A1(M))
- Winchester (M3)
- Woolley Edge (M1)
A-road Locations
BP operate at the following signposted A-road services:
- Acle (A47)
- Alfreton (A38)
- Astwick (A1) (northbound only)
- Barton Mills (A11) (northbound only)
- Bedford (A6/A421)
- Barnetby Top (A15/A180)
- Battlefield (A49)
- Beckington (A36/A361)
- Besthorpe (A11)
- Bilbrough Top (A64)
- Binley (A46)
- Blenheim (A44) (westbound only)
- Brackley (A43)
- Brampton Hut (A1/A14)
- The Buck (A303) (eastbound only)
- Buckland (A420)
- Budbrooke (A46)
- Caenby Corner (A15)
- Capel St Mary (A12) (southbound only)
- Cawledge (A1)
- Centurion (A417)
- Chelmsford (A12)
- Chippenham (A350)
- Colchester (A12)
- Colsterworth (A1)
- Cornwall (A30)
- Cromwell (A1)
- Crossbush (A27)
- Darrington (A1) (southbound only)
- Didcot (A34)
- Doddington (A46)
- Dublin Road (A1/N1)
- Elwick (A19)
- Ely (A10)
- Emsworth (A27) (westbound only)
- Eynsham (A40) (westbound only)
- Family Farm (A34) (northbound only)
- Farnham (A31)
- Grange Park (A45) (southbound only)
- Grantham North (A1)
- Greystones (A590) (eastbound only)
- Handcross (A23) (southbound only)
- Harbledown (A2) (eastbound only)
- Hardwicke (A38)
- Hinckley (A5) (westbound only)
- Hull West (A63)
- Kate's Cabin (Alwalton) (A1) (northbound only)
- Kettering (A14)
- Kilmarnock (A77)
- Littleport (A10)
- Long Sutton (A17)
- Markfield (A511)
- Martlesham Heath (A12)
- Monkton (A77)
- Muskham (A1) (southbound only)
- Musselburgh (A1)
- Newmarket (A11/A14)
- Nuneaton (A444)
- Orsett Cock (A13)
- Oversley Mill (A46)
- Panners (A120)
- Petersfield (A3)
- Pevensey (A27)
- Popham (A303) (westbound only)
- Poppleton (A59)
- Pyecombe (A23) (southbound only)
- Queenborough (A249)
- Raunds (A45)
- Rhoswiel (A5) (southbound only)
- Ripley (A3)
- Roundswell (A39)
- Rushden (A45) (eastbound only)
- Saltash (A38)
- Saughall (A494)
- Shenfield (A12)
- Sixfields (A5076)
- Sleaford (A17)
- South Cave (A63)
- South Queensferry (A90)
- Stansted (A120)
- Stoke-sub-Hamdon (A303) (westbound only)
- Stonebridge (A45)
- Sutterton (A16/A17)
- Swaffham (A47)
- Swallowfield (A33) (southbound only)
- Swanley (A20) (eastbound only)
- Thanet Way (A299) (eastbound only)
- Thetford (A11)
- Thirsk (A168) (southbound only)
- Thorpe on the Hill (A46)
- Tickled Trout (A59)
- Tot Hill (A14)
- Towcester (A43)
- Tunbridge Wells (A21)
- Uttoxeter (A50)
- Warminster (A36)
- Wellingborough (A45) (westbound only)
- West Cave (A63)
- Weyhill (A303)
- Whitehouse (A30)
- Willington (A38)
- Wolviston (A19/A689)
- Wyboston (A1) (southbound only)
Former Locations
BP used to be found at the following signposted services:
- Astwick (Northway) southbound (A1)
- Ballinluig (A9)
- Blackburn with Darwen (M65)
- Bothwell (M74)
- Bradbury (A689)
- Browns Blue (A511)
- Cullompton (M5)
- Gowy (A51)
- Guildford (A3)
- Hamilton (M74)
- Leicester Forest East (M1)
- Membury (M4)
- Red Post (A31)
- Ross Spur (A449/A40)
- Skipbridge (A59)
- Spur End (A3090)
- Thirsk northbound (A1)
- Whitley (A49)
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